Hame-tug and trace- fastening



(No Model.)

S W. H. TYLER.

HAME TUG AND TRACE FASTENING: No. 311,796.

WITNESSES INVENTOR i W ATTORNEYS.

llnrrnn STATES PATENT rrrcno WILLIAM H. TYLER, OF DAVID CITY, NEBRASKA.

HAME TUG AND TRACE-FASTENlNG.

Q'PECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,796, datedFebruary 3, 1885.

Application filed July 2, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. TYLER, of David City, in the county ofButler and State of Nebraska, have invented a new-and Improved Hame-Tugand Trace-Fastening, of which the following isa full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to hametugs and trace fastenings of harness, theobject being to provide asimple, strong, and durable tug and fasteningadapted for quick and easy adjustment of the trace to alter its length,and to hold the trace securely when adjusted.

The invention consists in particular constructions of the han1e-tug withan outer plate having oppositely-arranged studs to take the draft of thetrace, and with trace and backstrap loops, and also with a longitudinalrib, and a face-plate secured along the rib and facing the studs; andthe invention consists, also, in particular constructions of thefastening-loop by which the trace is held to the studs on the hame-tug,and may be released therefrom for adjusting the trace; and the inventionconsists, also, in particular combinations of parts of the tug andfastening, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an edge View of my improved hame-tug and trace-fasten-ing,partly in section. Fig. 2 is an inside view with the inner plate of thehame-tug removed. Fig. 3 is an outside view of the hame-tug and tracepartly taken away and in section. Fig. 4: is an enlarged cross-sectionalelevation on the line :20 m, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail side view of thelocking-head of the trace-fastening, as when the draft is applied to thetrace, and partly in section on the line y 9', Fig. 6. Fig. 5 representsthe position of one of the locking-heads of the trace-fastening when thetrace is thrown forward on the heme-tug. Fig. 6 is a detailcross-sectional elevation with the trace-fastening in position tolengthen or shorten the trace, and Fig. 7 is a rear perspective View ofthe trace-fastening.

hanie-tug, which has at one end the eye a for connection to the hames,and at the other end the loop a, through which the trace T passes. Thehame-tug plate Alias a series of studs, B, fixed at intervals inopposite pairs along the opposite edges of the plate, and on its innerface, against which studs B the trace-fastening loop 0 is adapted todraw.

I make the plate A with a central longitudinal rib or corrugation, aforming a groove next to the outside of the tug, and giving greatstrength to a light plate. The rib a is thickened or provided withbosses where the eyea is fastened to it, and where the screws or riv etsa" enter it to hold the inside plate, A, of the hame-tug, and the tug isbent, as at at. to clear the shoulder of the horse. plate, A, rangesfiatwise about parallel with the main plate A, and serves as a guide tothe trace-fastening loop in shifting the loop, as hereinafter more fullyexplained. I apply a leather facing, D, to the outside face of thehame-tug, and fasten it by screws (Z or otherwise, and so that as thetrace is set back more or less to lengthen it the face of the tug willpresent a like linish'with the face of the trace.

AtE is shown a loop or frame which is fixed to the main plate A, or toits loop a, and has a cross-bar which carries a pin, 6, adapted to enterany one of a series of holes, f, in the back-strap F, to support or holdthe latter, which passes over the side bars of the frame E and beneathits center crossbar, which carries the pin 6.

The trace-fastening loop 0 is formed with the cross bar 0, the oppositeside arms, 0 c, and the locking heads. or arms G G, which heads projectinward or toward each other from the ends of the arms 0 c, and areseparated sufficiently to pass along freely at either side of thecorrugation a? of the plate A, as Shown.

To hold the fastening-loop O to the trace T, I first enter the plate Hedgewise through the opening between the heads GG and bring the plate upflat against the cross-bar c of the loop, and so that the side arms, 0c", of the loop will enter the side notches, h h, of the plate. The endof the trace is now passed be tween the plate H and the heads G G, and apin, h, fixed to the under side of the plate at one end, is passed intoa hole, 2, made in the The inside trace. The notches h h are wide enoughto allow the heads G G to be swung inside of the trace and lengthwise ofthe trace.

Thelocking-heads G G ofthe trace-fastening O are of peculiar form. Theextreme ends of the heads are made larger than the neck portions 9thereof, so as to provide heel portions or shoulders g, which latterremain always over those portions of the plate A between the ribs a" andthe inner edges of the studs B, and so as to slide along inside of thestuds when the trace is adjusted for length, as hereinafter described.The heads G each have forward extensions providing the sharp points g",and the rear sides or faces, t, of the necks are longer between thepoints 1 2 on the line y Fig. 5, than are the portions of the necks onthe line 22 between the points 2 3. The forward faces, is, of the headsG are inclined to the rear faces, as shown. When the draft is on thetraces, the loops 0 will be drawn upon to carry the faces of theopposite heads G against the front ends of a pair of opposite studs, B,the lower points, 2, of the necks y then coming below the tops of thestuds and causing the trace to draw against said faces 2', and thepoints 1 of the heads G being then back quite close to the plate A, theplate A will not allow the heads to lift from thestuds.

(See Fig. 1, in full lines, and- Figs. 4 and 5.)

lVhen it is desired to adjust the trace for length, the cross-bar 0 ofthe fastening G will be moved forward with the trace until the faces 70of the heads G may be swung up flat against the inside face of the plateA, which being done, the points 2 of the heads will come above the topsof the studs B, as in Fig. 6 and in dotted lines in Fig. 1, whereuponthe fastening G and the trace may freely be slid backward or forwardalong the hame-tug, the heels or shouldersg of the opposite heads thenrunning along behind the studs. Should the trace T suddenly he pushedforward on the hame-tug, the fastening C will be swung by the notchedplate H, so that the extreme forward points, 9', of the heads G will beswung up against the inside of plate'A, as in Fig. 5, which will carrythe necks g of the heads G down into such positions as to prevent thefarward passage of the fastening 0 past the studs 1), in front of thoseagainst which the fastening is set to draw; hence, the trace cannot bemoved forward or backward except when the faces 7c of the heads G areflat against the plate A, or are held to be parallel therewith, asbefore described. I fit an outwardlybowed spring into the end of thetrace to give a like face curvature to the trace, so that it shall holdthe heads G G of the fastening-loop O in place against the plate A andits stud B. The drawings represent this spring as made of a couple ofelastic bowed wires, w 10, held between the leather layers of the traceand one at each side of the pin h of the plate H; but flat springs maybe used instead of the wires, or a single spring-plate applied betweenthe trace-layers and apertured for the passage traces may be lengthenedor shortened much more easily than with buckles and loops; and myimproved tug and trace-fastening, being made almost wholly of metal, ismuch more durable than the usual leather devices, which quickly rot andwear out.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hame-tug constructed with a metal plate, A, having studs B,arranged in pairs along opposite edges of the plate, and an in nerface-place, A, secured to the plate A,substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A hame-tug constructed with a metal plate, A, having studs B, adraft-eye, a, a trace-loop, a, and'aback-strap-holding frame, E, and aplate, A, secured to the plate A, substantially as shown and described.

' 3. A haine-tug made with a metal plate, A. provided with oppositelyarranged studs B and a longitudinal rib or corrugation, (t and aface-plate, A, secured along the riband facing the studs, substantiallyas shown and described.

4. Ahame-tug plate, A,formed with alongitudinal rib or corrugation, er,and provided on its ends with draft andtraceeyes, substantially as setforth.

5. Ahame-tug made with a metal plate, A, provided with opposite studs,B, a draft-loop, a, a trace-loop, a, and the inner face-plate, A, fixedto plate A, and about parallel flatwise with the outer :face of theplate A, substantially as herein shown and described.

6. The combination, with the hame-tug having studs B, of a trace, T,held to the tug by a loop, 0, having faces or' draft-shonlders t andinclined faces k, permitting the loop to be swung for releasing theheads G from the studs B, substantially as shown and described.

7. The combination of the harne-tug having parallel plates A A and studsB, as specified, and a trace, T, held to the tug by a swingingloop-fastening, 0, provided with heads G, having shoulders '13, inclinedfaces in, and ex tension-points g", substantially as shown anddescribed.

8. The trace-fastening loop 0, made with a cross-bar, a, side arms, 0 c,and heads G, provided with draft-faces t, inclined faces k, and points9", substantially as shown and de-' scribed.

9. The combination, with the hame-tug plate A, having studs B, and thefasteningloop 0, provided with heads G, having faces 2' to lock againstthe studs, as specified, of a bowed spring fitted at the end of thetrace,for holding the loop-heads to the tug-plate, substantially asshownand described.

Witnesses: WVILLIAM H. TYLER.

Gno. P. SHUsLEY, I-IORAOE GARFIELD.

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